| Authorised form of name | Martin; Henry Newell (1848 - 1896) |
| Dates | 1848 - 1896 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Newry, County Down |
| Date of birth | 01 July 1848 |
| Place of death | Burley-in-Wharfedale, Yorkshire |
| Date of death | 27 October 1896 |
| Research field | Physiology |
| Activity | Education:
University of London. BSc (1870), MB (1871), DSc (1872).
Christ's College, Cambridge. BA (1874), MA (1877)
Career:
Demonstrator to Michael Foster, Trinity Praelector in Physiology (1870-1876); Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge (1874-1879); President of the Union, Cambridge (1875); Professor of Biology at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore (1876-1893); retired due to ill health (1893); co-wrote with Thomas Huxley 'Practical instruction in elementary biology'; died of a haemorrhage
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 04/06/1885 |
| Royal Society activity | Lectures:
Croonian 1883 |
| Relationships | Son of Henry Martin, Congregational Minister; married (20 December 1879) Mrs Pegram, widow of a Confederate Army Officer |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DAB; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1896-1897 vol 60 pp xx-xxiii signed by M F |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/37309903 |
| Royal Society code | NA1678 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| MC/10/363 | Letter from H [Henry] Newell Martin, Christ's College, Cambridge, to Professor [Thomas Henry] Huxley, Secretary of the Royal Society | 9 March 1876 |
| EC/1885/13 | Martin, Henry Newell: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/13/751 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 18 November 1896 |
| NLB/10/1021 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Henry Newell Martin, Fellow of the Royal Society | 26 March 1895 |
| NLB/9/109 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 3 April 1894 |
| NLB/13/113 | Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 16 June 1896 |
| RR/9/167 | Referee's report by Arthur Gamgee, on a paper 'The direct influence of gradual variations of temperature upon the rate of beat of the dog’s heart' by Henry Newell Martin | 16 March 1883 |
| RR/9/166 | Referee's report by John Scott Burdon-Sanderson, on a paper 'The direct influence of gradual variations of temperature upon the rate of beat of the dog’s heart' by Henry Newell Martin | 8 March 1883 |
| MS/427/288 | Copy letter from [Michael] Foster, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [Henry Newell] Martin | 7 July 1883 |
| MC/10 | Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | July 1873-1876 |
| MC/13/45 | Letter from W H [William Henry] Howell, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, to Walter White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 26 April 1884 |
| MC/13 | Volume 13 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1884 |
| PP/18/15 | Paper, 'On the demonstration of the presence of iron in chromatin by micro-chemical methods' by Archibald Byron Macallum | 1891 |
| MC/14/56 | Letter from [Henry] Newell Martin, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, to [George Gabriel] Stokes, Secretary of the Royal Society | 27 June 1885 |
| MC/14 | Volume 14 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1885-1888 |